Aleksandar Petrović (film director)

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Aleksandar Petrović
Petrović in 1987
Born(1929-01-14)14 January 1929
Paris, France
Died20 August 1994(1994-08-20) (aged 65)
Paris, France
Other namesAleksandar Petrovitch
Occupation(s)Film director and screenwriter
Years active1955–1989
AwardsCannes Palme d'Or
Pula Golden Arena for Best Director
1965 Three
1967 I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1972 The Master and Margaret
Websitewww.aleksandarpetrovic.org

Aleksandar "Saša" Petrović (14 January 1929 – 20 August 1994) was a

Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival; it also received a nomination for a Golden Globe.[4] In 1967 Petrović was a member of the jury at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.[5]

One of his most famous films is

The Possessed.[6] The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival[7]

In 1973, Petrović was forced to leave his post at the Belgrade Film Academy after being accused of holding

founding committee of the Democratic Party in Serbia, the first opposition anti-communist party in Serbia.[8]
He died at age 65 in Paris, France.

Petrović published several hundreds of articles and several books, including Novi film I: 1960-1965 and Novi film II: Crni film (1965-1970).[9]

Filmography

Feature films
Year Film Other notes
1958 The Only Way Out ("The Only Exit")
(Jedini izlaz) 		Director
1961 And Love Has Vanished ("When Love Has Gone")
(Dvoje) 		Director, writer
Nominated—Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
1963 Days
(Dani) 		Director
1965 Three
(Tri) 		Director, writer
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Grand Prix for Best Film Karlovy Vary International Festival
1967 I Even Met Happy Gypsies
(Skupljači perja) 		Director, writer
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

WON—Grand Prix Special du Jury and International Critics Award FIPRESCI at the Cannes Film Festival
1968 It Rains in My Village
(Biće skoro propast sveta) 		Director, writer
Nominated—Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
1972 The Master and Margaret
(Majstor i Margarita) 		Director, Based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov writer in collaboration with Barbara Alberti, Amedeo Pagani
Pula Big Golden Arena for Best Yugoslav Film
Pula Golden Arena for Best Director
1977 Group Portrait with a Lady
(Grupni portret s damom) 		Director, writer after the novel by Nobel prize winner Heinrich Böll,
Nominated—Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
1981
The Falcon

(Banović Strahinja) 		Writer only
1989 Migrations
(Seobe) 		Director, script and dialogues in collaboration with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Documentaries and short films
Year Film Other notes
1955 SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ("Side by side")
(UZ DRUGA JE DRUG) 		Director
1956 FLIGHT OVER THE SWAMP ("Flight Above The Marshes")
(LET NAD MOČVAROM) 		Director
1957 PETAR DOBROVIĆ
 Director
1958 THE ROADS
(PUTEVI) 		Director
1960 THE WAR ON WAR (War Against The War")
(RAT RATU) 		Director
1964 RECORD ("The Data")
(ZAPISNIK) 		Director
1965 ASSEMBLIES ("Fairs")
(SABORI) 		Director

References

  1. ^ "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
  2. ^ "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  3. ^ "Biography - Aleksandar Petrovic".
  4. ^ "Winners & Nominees 1968". Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  5. ^ "Berlinale 1967: Juries". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  6. ^ hr:Bit će skoro propast svijeta
  7. ^ "BICE SKORO PROPAST SVETA".
  8. ISBN 978-1-84150-545-9
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  9. ^ Đerić, Zoran (2009). Poetika srpskog filma. Banja Luka: Besjeda. p. 374.

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